Khartoum – OnePress
The Sudanese Council of Ministers, headed by Prime Minister Professor Kamel Idris, discussed during its regular meeting in Khartoum a number of issues related to legislative reform, infrastructure, security and citizens' pension, as part of the government's efforts to address service and development challenges in the country.
The Council reviewed the report of the Higher Committee for the reform and unification of land legislation and urban planning, presented by the Minister of Justice Abdullah Mohammed Derf, where the ministers stressed the importance of developing a unified legislative framework that meets the requirements of development and addresses the accumulated problems in the land and urban planning sector.
Minister of Culture, Information and Tourism Khaled Al-Isser said in a press statement after the meeting that the government pays special attention to the reform of land legislation as one of the basic pillars of sustainable development, pointing out that the Council came out with a number of proposals aimed at developing the legal and regulatory system in this area.
The Council also discussed a report on the status of national roads and bridges and plans for their rehabilitation and development, presented by Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Saif Al-Nasser Al-Tajani Haroun, and the report included a number of vital bridges in the capital Khartoum, including Shambat, Mak Nimr and Al-Hafaya bridges.
The Council stressed the need to align the projects of maintenance and rehabilitation of roads and bridges with the five-year strategic plan of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport for the period 2026-2030, with the preparation of an integrated program that identifies priorities, cost, funding sources, timetable and performance indicators.
In the seasonal preparations file, the Council heard a briefing from the Minister of Interior, Lieutenant General Babiker Samra, on the efforts to combat smuggling and drugs, as well as the preparations of the civil defense agencies for the rainy season and autumn.
The minister pointed to the readiness of the competent agencies to deal with the consequences of the rains based on early warning reports, while Khartoum Governor Ahmed Osman Hamza and Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim gave two briefings on the measures taken by the state and the health sector to face any possible effects of the rainy season.
The meeting also dealt with a number of issues related to security and citizens' pensions, including the provision of bread and oil sector inputs, where the Council stressed the continued work to address the challenges affecting the living conditions, stressing that improving the lives of citizens is a key priority in the government's programs during the next phase.